[shadow] Need help, analyze playstyle

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i play SP for a while now, i love it etc ... the reason why im here is that my DPS sux. I just found out that i've been wrong insanity cliping (4 instead of 6 ticks between DPs) but still ... i think i must be doing something wrong.

I know what to do on single target fight ... i use CoT and dotweaving and since im smarter on insanity ticks now i belive my rotation is correct. Next thing i was doing wrong was casting SW:P and VT in execute phase.

The next think i need some info about is PI and SoN trinket. When is the best time to pop these CDs and is PI even worth using? Right now i pop it just before weaving but i often have to cut last few seconds from DOTs becouse my DP is over, MB is casted and i need to start MSpiking, should i put some MF in as a filler or just screw it and delete last ticks on DOTs?

So thats about single target fights .... ill try to list some simulated situations:

main target + adds (furnace): i tryed switch to AS, but the DPS was horrible, so i ended up with CoT and NO insanity. MS+MB primal target, keep SW:P and VT on adds and when i have 3 orbs i put DP on some add and then back on MS+MB primal target. In case of Maidens, i use the same, MS+MB one target and keep both dots on another 2, the same when there r only 2 targets and 3rd is on the ship. Is this correct?

In case on many adds ... should i put BOTH DOTs on all or just SW:P? I know i shuld not Mind Sear, at least not until 6.1.

Last think i would like to know is some simple advices for each encounter, here is my opinion:

Ka'graz: CoT, Insanity, ToF, when dogs r out, i dot boss and one dog and MS+MB the other one.

Hans'gar and Franzok: CoT, SoD, ToF. Classic CoT+dw rotation on main target and i try to keep both dots on second boss.

Operator: CoT, Insanity, ToF. Classic CoT+dw rotation on boss. When canon or man at arms r in i try to keep both dots on boss and MB+MS canons and dot weaving man at arms.

Blast furnace: have no idea ... for me worked the best CoT, SoD, ToF. P1 - MS+MB operators, both DOTs on the rest of adds and put DP on adds. P2 - i was MCing Guards, so not much to do, but i try to dot guards and slags and focus firecallers with MS+MB. When elementalist is vurnelable i just MS+MB and then DP and MF (not sure if this is the best dps output i can pop in this short duration of time). P3 - here is another issue, dont know, when i dont have Insanity, if i should use normal rotaton, dots, mf, dp etc or ...???

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With how I play shadow it's always dot one and ms mb dot weave the other, I reapply the dots on the other high hp adds when mb is on cd and never when I'm maxed out on shadow orbs. Execute phase u never dot again imo. Mb and sw:d do too much dmg to waste redotting adds. Just focus one with mb swd dp insanity combo til dead as for ur clipping issue use a macro so u will never recast mind flay while ur already channeling it. I'd post the macro but I'm not at a pc atm. If clipping is a big issue then is personally not use power infusion.

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thx for answer. Dot clipping is not an issue any more. And i learned my lesson with DOTs in exe phase ;)

I woul still be rly glad if someone could take a deeper look into my logs and gear and try to help me answer the question why my dps is low. Right now i think it might have been becouse of my levels of haste and mastery, but im only guesing.

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Trinket: i read somewhere that i should use hastet rinket after i finish with my DoT weave, so right now i dont have it linked only to PI (when i have it selected) and poping it after dot weave ends. If this is incorrect, ill do as u say and like it to MB.

With this cast order (Pain, MB (5), VT, should i channel whole Insanity or just few ticks? Even if i channel whole insanity and then second DP and 2x3 ticks of Insanity, MB and then MS, i cut off last tick on both Pain and VT.

Yeah, i stated in main post that i know i executed execute phase wrongly, i know better now that i dont DoT weave :)